It’s soooo Friday!

Today’s Google doodle honored Dr. Maria Montessori’s 142nd birthday. Her observations on self-motivated learning were very much at odds with the education models of the time. Google’s co-founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, both were educated through the Montessori Method and have credited it for their success.

August 30, 1935: First attacks in the class war! No, not “attacks”, I said “atax”. Note those percentages and count your blessings, you bunch of rich, sniveling whiners. “We billed that!” until just the last few years… just before the bottom fell out! A connection? You betcha! (wink-wink)

Just like clockwork, another mass shooting. We’re having quite a season this year, so let’s look at the stats and box scores: a 23 year old former Marine w/history of depression and mental illness, 2 co-workers downed, an AK-47 and a yet-unidentified handgun in the play (2:1 odds on a Glock of some type).